Effects of Quantitative Linguistic Feedback to Caregivers of Young Children: A Pilot Study in China

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Yiwen; Xu, Xiaojuan; Jiang, Fan; Gilkerson, Jill; Xu, Dongxin; Richards, Jeffrey A.; Harnsberger, James; Topping, Keith J.
Titel	Effects of Quantitative Linguistic Feedback to Caregivers of Young Children: A Pilot Study in China
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 37 (2015) 1, S.16-24 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/1525740115575771
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Child Caregivers; Young Children; Parent Child Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Pretests Posttests; Language Tests; Word Frequency; Language Acquisition; Statistical Analysis; Family Environment; Speech Language Pathology; Intervention; Child Language; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Linguistic Performance; Pilot Projects; Foreign Countries; Language Skills; China (Shanghai); MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory; Bayley Mental Development Index + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Frühe Kindheit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Messdaten; Language test; Sprachtest; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Statistische Analyse; Familienmilieu; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Ausland; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	Changes in natural language environments of families receiving quantitative language feedback in Shanghai were investigated. Volunteer parents of 22 children aged 5 to 30 months were recruited from a hospital and a learning center. Quantitative measures of adult word count and conversational turns with children were collected regularly over 6 months. Feedback reports to caregivers included individual family plus group counts. Impact was assessed by changes in quantitative measures and pre-post child language assessments. Overall, families increased word/turn counts significantly during the first 3 months and then regressed to baseline levels. However, parents whose word count output was below median at baseline significantly increased word count output to study conclusion. Adult word and turn counts were related to a subset of language development measures. Quantitative feedback with parent training had a significant impact on adult-child interactions, particularly for below-median families. Larger studies of wider socioeconomic status with control groups are needed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01